Nir Hajabi, battalion commander in the Daniel Brigade, arrived to command his reserve battalion on Sunday after his son Yehonatan was murdered yesterday in a surprise Hamas attack in Moshav Yakhini near the Gaza Strip. MK Matan Kahane (State Camp) met him on the ground. "'You can't bury him now, anyway, so I came to command my battalion,' Nir told me now," Kahane wrote.
This is Nir Hajabi. Battalion commander in the Daniel Brigade.
Yesterday, his son Yehonatan, a pre-draft boy, was murdered in Moshav Yakini. "You can't bury him now anyway, so I came to command my reserve battalion," Nir told me now.
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— Matan Kahana Matan Kahane (@MatanKahana) October 8, 2023
Col. Roy Levy was killed in battle
Earlier today it was announced that one of the dead was Col. Roy Levy. Yesterday morning, close to reports received about the presence of terrorists in Kibbutz Reim, the multidimensional unit was dispatched to the area and sought contact led by its commander, Col. Roy Levy.
Roi, 44, led his team bravely and courageously, striving for contact and entering the battle first in Kibbutz Reim, in order to save civilians who were besieged in their homes. About ten terrorists were killed in this encounter.
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